5 must-read feminism books like The Queer Arab Glossary by Marwan Kaabour

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The Queer Arab Glossary

By: Marwan Kaabour

4.65

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

When conventional language does not equip us with the tools to speak about ourselves, we create our…

If you liked the feminism plot in The Queer Arab Glossary by Marwan Kaabour , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire, Donaldo Macedo, Myra Bergman Ramos, None

1. Pedagogy of the Oppressed

By: Paulo Freire , Donaldo Macedo , Myra Bergman Ramos , None

4.30

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in En… read more

Similar categories in Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed book and Marwan Kaabour's The Queer Arab Glossary

  • nonfiction
"Critical consciousness, they say, is anarchic."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"People educate each other through the mediation of the world."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"Word is not the privilege of some few persons but the right of everyone"

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

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2. Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society

By: فاطمة المرنيسي , Fatema Mernissi

3.87

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

"Required reading... " --Elizabeth Fernea, The University of Texas at Austin "If a reader were to s… read more

Similar categories in فاطمة المرنيسي's Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society book and Marwan Kaabour's The Queer Arab Glossary

  • feminism
  • nonfiction

3. An Arab Melancholia

By: Abdellah Taïa , Frank Stock

3.85

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

I had to rediscover who I was. And that's why I left the apartment.... And there I was, right in th… read more

Similar categories in Abdellah Taïa's An Arab Melancholia book and Marwan Kaabour's The Queer Arab Glossary

  • queer
  • lgbt
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4. Guapa

By: Saleem Haddad

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

A debut novel that tells the story of Rasa, a young gay man coming of age in the Middle East Set ov… read more

Similar categories in Saleem Haddad's Guapa book and Marwan Kaabour's The Queer Arab Glossary

  • queer
  • lgbt

5. Ficciones

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Anthony Bonner , Anthony Kerrigan

3.53

Format: 320 pages,

The seventeen pieces in Ficcionesdemonstrate the whirlwind of Borges's genius and mirror the precis… read more

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6. Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories

By: غسان كنفاني , None

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

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7. Brotherless Night

By: V.V. Ganeshananthan

4.46

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

In this searing novel, a courageous young woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor as … read more

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8. Minor Detail

By: Adania Shibli

4.20

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more

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"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

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9. Evenings and Weekends

By: Oisín McKenna

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a taut and profoundly moving debut that follows a cast … read more

Similar categories in Oisín McKenna's Evenings and Weekends book and Marwan Kaabour's The Queer Arab Glossary

  • queer
  • lgbt
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10. Butter

By: Asako Yuzuki

3.60

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist inten… read more

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"Dessert was home-made candied chestnuts, chiffon cake baked with amazake and rice flour, and cups of gingery chai. Biting into the cake, Rika discovered that it was perfectly fluffy, with a pleasing …"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"Soon after, Rika heard the sizzle of butter melting in a hot frying pan. It smelt to her like life itself. Maybe because it was animal fat, there was rough, raw depth and fragrance to its smell, whic…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"Milk was originally blood. In that case, was the butter in the Babaji story actually a metaphor for all the carnage that took place under the cover of the jungle? What seemed pure, white and creamy h…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

"The whipped butter had already started melting across the waffles' latticed brown surface, creating a golden trickling waterfall that pooled in their hollows. Rika bit into the dough, savoring how ju…"

-Asako Yuzuki, Butter

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11. Sex and Lies

By: Leïla Slimani

3.96

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The first work of non-fiction in English from the prize-winning and internationally bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Leïla Slimani's Sex and Lies book and Marwan Kaabour's The Queer Arab Glossary

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
"Devenir une femme est un parcours semé d'humiliations. Face à la police, face à la justice comme dans l'espace public, être une femme est un inconvénient. Comme l'écrivait le romancier turc Livaneli …"

-Leïla Slimani, Sex and Lies

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12. The List

By: Yomi Adegoke

3.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in o… read more

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  • feminism
"...but she refused for love to be something that she endured. Something that took from her and made her smaller."

-Yomi Adegoke, The List

Cover of Love the World or Get Killed Trying by Alvina Chamberland

13. Love the World or Get Killed Trying

By: Alvina Chamberland

4.61

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Through playful poetic prose, sharp social commentary and self-deprecating gallows humor Love the W… read more

Similar categories in Alvina Chamberland's Love the World or Get Killed Trying book and Marwan Kaabour's The Queer Arab Glossary

  • queer
  • lgbt
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14. Radical Intimacy

By: Sophie K. Rosa

4.23

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

An impassioned discussion about the alternative ways to form relationships and resist capitalism. … read more

Similar categories in Sophie K. Rosa's Radical Intimacy book and Marwan Kaabour's The Queer Arab Glossary

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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15. Palestine +100

By: Basma Ghalayini

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Palestine + 100 poses a question to twelve Palestinian writers: what might your country look like i… read more

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16. This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers

By: Elias Jahshan

4.44

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

This ground-breaking anthology features the compelling and courageous memoirs of eighteen queer Ara… read more

Similar categories in Elias Jahshan's This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers book and Marwan Kaabour's The Queer Arab Glossary

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
"Those of us who suffer from severe anxiety and PTSD, in my case due to inferiority complexes and repeated emotional, physical and religious trauma from a young age, know that the fear of being found …"

-Elias Jahshan, This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers

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17. A Map of Absence: An Anthology of Palestinian Writing on the Nakba

By: Atef Alshaer

4.41

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A Map of Absence presents the finest poetry and prose by Palestinian writers over the last seventy … read more

Similar categories in Atef Alshaer's A Map of Absence: An Anthology of Palestinian Writing on the Nakba book and Marwan Kaabour's The Queer Arab Glossary

  • nonfiction
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18. Selamlik

By: Khaled Alesmael

3.85

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

An unflinching story about Arab masculinity and homoeroticism Furat, a Syrian in his early 20s, vis… read more

Similar categories in Khaled Alesmael's Selamlik book and Marwan Kaabour's The Queer Arab Glossary

  • queer
  • lgbt
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19. The Queer Arab Glossary

By: Marwan Kaabour

4.65

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

When conventional language does not equip us with the tools to speak about ourselves, we create our… read more

Similar categories in Marwan Kaabour's The Queer Arab Glossary book and Marwan Kaabour's The Queer Arab Glossary

  • language
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • lebanon
  • queer
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20. Comment sortir du monde

By: Marouane Bakhti

4.04

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

Comment sortir du monde nous rappelle les textes emblématiques d'Annie Ernaux, d'Edouard Louis ou p… read more

Similar categories in Marouane Bakhti's Comment sortir du monde book and Marwan Kaabour's The Queer Arab Glossary

  • queer
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21. Mister, Mister

By: Guy Gunaratne

3.73

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A blazingly propulsive novel from the prize-winning author of In Our Mad and Furious City, followin… read more

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7 Top nonfiction books like The Queer Arab Glossary by Marwan Kaabour

Transform Your Habits

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Paulo Freire , Donaldo Macedo , Myra Bergman Ramos , None

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society

فاطمة المرنيسي , Fatema Mernissi

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Sex and Lies

Leïla Slimani

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Radical Intimacy

Sophie K. Rosa

4.23

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5 best-selling japan books like Butter by Asako Yuzuki

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More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)

Satoshi Yagisawa

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

Hisashi Kashiwai

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Butter

Asako Yuzuki

3.60

Transform Your Habits

Mongrel

Hanako Footman

4.38

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